Change You Can Believe In: Weekend Poll

Don’t fix it if it ain’t broke. Don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater.

People like stability, but also crave variety. We like to drive change, but we don’t like when changes happen to us. We want to be in front of the curve, not behind the eight ball. With change, whether we like it or not is often a matter of timing as well as personal preference.

What changes would you welcome in the church in the next 1-2 years? (choose all that apply)

Nah…I just forgot to check that box, Trevor. I think it’d be great if ALL you “TBM” types moved to Missouri! (j/k!)

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hawkgrrrl on June 15, 2013 at 8:42 PM

Trevor, be sure to pack an umbrella.

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Roger on June 16, 2013 at 1:51 PM

Trevor — what any resident of western Missouri needs is a developed resistance to chiggers. I lived there 15 years. They are insufferable.

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Roger on June 16, 2013 at 4:21 PM

Seriously–nothing on that list would motivate me in the slightest to return from the Borderlands to Full Faith & Fellowship. I should qualify that with the prediction that the Borderlands would have the population density of Manhatten were polygamy re-introduced. An honest exposition on how inspiration and revelation work and doesn’t , as in temple bans for blacks and polygyny,polyandry, etc and how the authors of the BOM put their own ignorant spin on racial origins would be a start. At least as much financial transparency as the Salvation Army ($3 Billion ongoing concern) would be a worthy goal.

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NewlyHousewife on June 16, 2013 at 6:48 PM

Yeah, you forgot full financial transparency!

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Toni on June 18, 2013 at 12:17 AM

I got “failed to verify referrer.” (This has happened in many polls over the last year.) Here are the ones I checked, since I am unable to vote in the poll: What changes would you welcome in the church in the next 1-2 years? (choose all that apply)

Opening clerk callings and SS presidency callings to women. Making mission age and length the same for both men and women. A GA or apostle will wear a colored shirt to speak in General Conference. Beards will be allowed among leadership, temple workers and BYU students, but not missionaries. Garments to be shortened to mid-thigh and cap sleeves removed for women. The Word of Wisdom reverts to being a set of recommendations, not binding for temple entrance. Manuals are re-written to provide deeper doctrinal discussions and to focus on spiritual growth, not just rote indoctrination.